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href="http://dxing.at-communication.com/en/tag/t42r/">t42r</A>,<A
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<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14px"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif">CO2JD , CO2WL , CM2XN ,
CO2CW will be active from<SPAN
class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN><STRONG>Cuba</STRONG><SPAN
class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN>in ARRL DX SSB Contest 1-2 March
2014 as<SPAN
class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN><STRONG>T42R</STRONG><BR>They
will be in MO HP Category<BR>QSL via EA7FTR</SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14px"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><IMG
style="WIDTH: 1024px; HEIGHT: 453px" alt="Cuba T42R DX News"
src="http://at-communication.com/upload/Image/Cuba_T42R_DX-News.jpg"><BR><BR><IMG
style="WIDTH: 812px; HEIGHT: 1024px" alt="Cuba T42R"
src="http://at-communication.com/upload/Image/Cuba_T42R.jpg"><BR><BR>The
name<SPAN class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN><I>Cuba</I><SPAN
class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN>comes from the Taíno language.
The exact meaning of the name is unclear but it may be translated either
as<SPAN class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN><I>where fertile land is
abundant</I><SPAN class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN>(cubao),or<SPAN
class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN><I>great place</I><SPAN
class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN>(coabana). Authors who believe
that Christopher Columbus was Portuguese state that<SPAN
class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN><I>Cuba</I><SPAN
class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN>was named by Columbus for the
town of Cuba in the district of Beja in Portugal.<BR>Cuba was inhabited by
American Indian people known as the Taíno, also called Arawak by the
Spanish, and Guanajatabey and Ciboney people before the arrival of the
Spanish. The ancestors of these Native Americans migrated from the
mainland of North, Central and South America several centuries earlier.The
native Taínos called the island<SPAN
class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN><I>Caobana</I>. The Taíno were
farmers while the Ciboney were farmers as well as fishers and
hunter-gatherers.<BR><A
style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,153); TEXT-DECORATION: underline"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuba"
target=_blank>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuba</A></SPAN></SPAN></P></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></DIV></BODY></HTML>